| title |
Sorting Limitations | Microsoft Docs |
| ms.custom |
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| ms.date |
01/19/2017 |
| ms.prod |
sql |
| ms.prod_service |
connectivity |
| ms.reviewer |
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| ms.technology |
connectivity |
| ms.topic |
conceptual |
| helpviewer_keywords |
ODBC desktop database drivers [ODBC] |
desktop database drivers [ODBC] |
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| ms.assetid |
2273e058-f6a3-4fc3-875f-e506cb1015ac |
| author |
David-Engel |
| ms.author |
v-daenge |
The maximum length of a sort key in a GROUP BY clause, ORDER BY clause, SELECT DISTINCT statement, or outer join is 255 bytes; the maximum length of all sort keys in a sort row is 65,500 bytes.